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Cambodia’s Coast in Crisis: Illegal Fishing and Development Threate…

Cambodia’s coastline is facing an environmental emergency as a perfect storm of illegal fishing, unregulated development, and inadequate government oversight pushes marine ecosystems toward collapse. Traditional fishing communities that have depended on these waters for generations are watching their livelihoods…

Belize’s Bold Ocean Plan: $180M Bond Aims to Save Barrier Reef

Belize is positioning itself as a model for marine conservation, launching an ambitious debt-for-nature program that could reshape how small nations protect their ocean resources. In 2021, the Central American country restructured its national debt through an innovative “blue bond”…

Norway Seeks to Double Antarctic Krill Fishing Amid Conservation Co…

Norway has proposed nearly doubling the catch limit for krill in Antarctic waters during a high-stakes conservation summit, sparking fresh tensions over protecting one of Earth’s most vital marine ecosystems. The proposal was presented at the Commission for the Conservation…

Missing Fisheries Observer’s Family Still Awaits Answers After 2 Years

Two years have passed since Samuel Abayateye, a Ghanaian fisheries observer, vanished while monitoring operations aboard a tuna fishing vessel—yet his family remains without answers about his fate. Despite repeated pleas from his relatives and environmental organizations, Ghanaian authorities have…

UK Fish Stocks in Crisis as Government Ignores Scientific Warnings

Nearly half of the United Kingdom’s most valuable commercial fish populations are facing a critical crisis, with stocks either severely overexploited or dangerously depleted, according to a damning new report from conservation group Oceana UK. The “Deep Decline” report reveals…

Toxic Mercury Found in 1/3 of Shark Meat Sold Across Europe

A shocking new investigation has revealed that nearly one-third of shark meat sold in European markets contains dangerously high levels of toxic methylmercury—often without consumers even knowing they’re eating shark at all. Marine conservation groups tested shark meat samples from…

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